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Saturday, November 7, 2009

HEAVEN AND HELL

here in heaven and hellthere was to be floodingin the northeastand strong winds and firein the great basinthe snow stormswere to hit the mountain ridgesof the westand a tornado warningwas given for much of the south.160 people had been killedin a car bomb in Baghdad60 of them young school childrenwhile 8 soldiers had just been blown apart by a roadside bombin Afghanistana fifteen year old girlat her homecoming dance in Californiahad been gang raped for two hourswhile a dozen people stood and watchedand the Dow was up eight pointsthat was the brief bit of news I watched on CNN this morningbefore going out to walk dogsand try to stay drydespite the rain

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About Me

Jackson Warfield was born in a small town in New Hampshire on a dead end road. He has traveled widely and worked a variety of jobs, from digging ditches to walking dogs. He writes for entertainment, his own and others.